rim

Noun

• the top edge of a vessel or other container

• a projection used for strength or for attaching to another object

• the outer part of a wheel to which the tire is attached

• (basketball) the hoop from which the net is suspended
  • the ball hit the rim and bounced off
    

• the shape of a raised edge of a more or less circular object

Verb

• roll around the rim of
  • the ball rimmed the basket
    

• furnish with a rim
  • rim a hat
    

• run around the rim of
  • Sugar rimmed the dessert plate
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  brim , lip , flange